Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:57:19 -0700 | From | Eric Weigle <> | Subject | Re: 3c59x gives HWaddr FF:FF:... |
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> I have just switched the network card for my internal network from a 8139 > to a 3c905C-TX/TX-M. The 3c59x driver gives the buggy FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF > hardware address for the adapter. [...] I've seen this on laptops (but never on desktops) when the PCMCIA card wasn't seated properly-- the connectors wore out after too many plug/unplug cycles. Something didn't work and it failed over to broadcast.
> Any suggestion ? If all else fails, yank the card and reseat it.
-Eric
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